Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sunderland 17 36   6 1 1 15 6   5 2 2 15 9
2 Preston North End 16 34   4 3 0 12 7   6 1 2 22 16
3 Leeds United 16 33   5 3 0 16 6   4 3 1 15 7
4 16 33   7 1 1 22 7   3 2 2 10 9
5 Charlton Athletic 16 30   6 0 1 21 9   3 3 3 13 20
6 Middlesbrough 16 27   7 1 0 24 3   1 2 5 9 14
7 Northampton Town 16 25   4 0 5 12 13   4 1 2 13 10
8 Manchester City 16 23   4 2 3 15 11   2 3 2 9 11
9 Portsmouth 17 23   3 4 2 15 14   3 1 4 13 15
10 Derby County 16 22   3 1 3 9 9   3 3 3 11 13
11 Leyton Orient 15 21   4 1 1 11 8   2 2 5 7 15
12 Swansea Town 16 20   5 1 1 14 8   0 4 5 7 19
13 Southampton 15 19   3 1 2 18 11   2 3 4 10 16
14 Newcastle United 16 19   5 1 2 21 11   1 0 7 9 21
15 Huddersfield Town 16 19   5 0 3 14 11   1 1 6 7 16
16 16 18   3 3 3 18 14   2 0 5 6 13
17 Rotherham United 15 18   5 1 2 16 11   0 2 5 10 18
18 Cardiff City 15 18   3 5 1 11 8   1 1 4 8 18
19 Grimsby Town 16 14   2 2 3 10 12   1 3 5 8 19
20 Norwich City 16 13   3 3 3 16 15   0 1 6 10 21
21 Scunthorpe United 15 10   2 4 3 8 9   0 0 6 2 11
22 Plymouth Argyle 17 9   1 3 4 11 18   0 3 6 7 18